Sen. Schatz at 1:45am in Congress...
Senator Patty Murray
@murray.senate.gov
I just came off the floor after speaking for an hour. I refuse to let Republicans confirm Russ Vought the easy way, so we're holding the floor through the night for 30 straight hours.
Senator Patty Murray
@murray.senate.gov
I just came off the floor after speaking for an hour. I refuse to let Republicans confirm Russ Vought the easy way, so we're holding the floor through the night for 30 straight hours.
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BRAVO.
100% resistance.
Asking Senators to do all-nighters (and much more) to defend our democracy from Musk and his crew of fascists is certainly not too much to ask of them.
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Schiff: Why is this firing of FBI agents such an important piece of this whole effort by Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their enablers? Because .. if they're going to raid the treasury... They don't want an FBI that's going to examine anything they're doing.
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/february-4-2025?r=1u5tpg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
That’s all they hear.
I told them last year what could happen if Trump won. They didn’t care.
They love Trump. 😔
A large number of them have stated in polls & interviews that they do not agree with almost anything he is doing.
These people are intellectually challenged. They're low-info voters. They're gullible. They're easily conned.
That changes with direct economic impact.
I saw so many die of Covid because of Trump and Fox News… I’m not optimistic that economic impact will matter to them. Some already buying into the “it’s patriotic to pay more for groceries right now” BS. 😖
I hope I’m wrong.
Populists fail because they cannot deliver on their promises. This populist is the dumbest in history & he's taking actions directly impacting his own voters.
When the economic impact hits them their bs & bluster will evaporate.
I believe they need to be viewed as a cult. If they would die for him, as 16 I know did, I don’t know that higher prices will impact their loyalty.
Again, I hope I’m wrong.
We’ll just have to wait and see. 🤞
It doesn’t mean they can’t change/ it just means it will take work to do it. Honestly we’d be better off trying to win over the people who don’t vote and who aren’t in a cult just disenfranchised by politics and life.
😔
Our senators are doing a fine job explaining & persuading in plain language with flashes of eloquence & brilliance
"This would be a “reboot” of the country, Curtis Yarvin wrote, and it would require a “full power start,” a reference to restarting a stalled starship by jumping to full power, which risks destroying the ship."
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/february-5-2025?r=1u5tpg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email